by Dwane | Jul 31, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Latin in Literature
Happy Birthday, Harry! In honor of Harry Potter’s birthday, I am starting a new category: Latin in Literature. J. K. Rowling plays with Latin, Greek, French, and German throughout her famous series. For example, Caput Draconis is a password from the first...
by Dwane | Jul 31, 2014 | Education, Latin, Travel
If you have ever wondered what ancient Rome looked like… you no longer need to wonder. Thanks to the Khan Academy, you can take a virtual tour of the city:...
by Dwane | Jul 31, 2014 | Education, Grammar, Latin, ScreenCasts
This concept is bewildering to many of my students. Latin does something here that English does not. Hence the confusion. This video should clear things...
by Dwane | Jul 30, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, ScreenCasts
by Dwane | Jul 29, 2014 | Education, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Motivation
Ten things you can do to get smarter everyday by Jessica Stillman You might be under the impression that intelligence is a fixed quantity that is set when you are young and unchanging thereafter. But research shows that, if so, you’re wrong. How we approach...
by Dwane | Jul 29, 2014 | Education, Grammar, Latin
Lingua Latina, by Hans Ørberg, saved my teaching career. For years I taught Latin. For years I watched my students struggle. I watched them memorize long lists of words and long lists of Latin endings. Worst of all, I watched as they struggled to read rudimentary...
